Accreditation

One Awards (previouslyOCN North East Region) is a Quality Assurance and Accreditation organisation offering accreditation services and high quality, flexible, credit based units of assessment that are quality assured to national standards. One Awards also provide our external verification.

The Training Framework

The Unit
A unit within the Credit Framework is defined as 'a coherent set of learning outcomes'.
'Learning outcomes' describe those things which a learner is expected to know, understand or do on completion of a process of learning.
All units within One Awards accredited programmes are represented in terms of:

a title

learning outcomes

assessment criteria

Through the process of accreditation, One Awards will determine for each unit its credit value and level within the National Credit Framework.

Credit
Within the Credit Framework, a quite specific definition of 'credit' has been developed: A credit is awarded for those outcomes which a learner, on average, might reasonably be expected to achieve in a notional 10 hours of learning.
This definition of credit is also used by One Awards to ascribe credit value to a unit. Credit value therefore defines the number of credits a learner may achieve through the successful completion of a unit within the Credit Framework.

Levels
There are four levels prior to Higher Education. These are called:

Entry Level

Level One

Level Two

Level Three

These levels relate to all learning achievements and each unit has a particular level within the credit framework.

Level Descriptors
The levels have the following descriptors:

Entry Level
The acquisition of a limited range of basic skills, knowledge and understanding in highly structured and self-referenced contexts which permit the identification of progression from the learner's point of entry to the learning process.

Level
OneThe acquisition of a foundation of competences, knowledge and understanding in a limited range of predictable and structured contexts that prepare the learner to progress to further achievements.

Level Two
The acquisition of a broader range of competences, knowledge and understanding which demonstrate the extension of previous abilities in less predictable and structured contexts and prepare the learner to progress to further achievements.

Level ThreeThe acquisition of a more complex range of competences, knowledge and understanding in contexts which develop autonomous, analytical and critical abilities that prepare the learner to progress to further independent achievements.

Equivalences
The following chart illustrates the approximate equivalences between credit framework levels and other forms of measuring achievement.

Level Three

NVQ3

GNVQ Advanced

A Level

Level Two

NVQ2

GNVQ Intermediate

GCSE A* - C

Level One

NVQ2

GNVQ Foundation

GCSE D - G

Entry

How does IFDCollege training fit into One Awards?

IFD College have been approved to offer accredited units since 2007 and currently offers 15 units of accredited training in Funeral Practice. Our One Awards centre number is NO56281.